Dollars To Pounds: Dissident Voice
- story THE FADER
Dissident Records is one of the most talked about UK labels of the last year, its emergence synonymous with the rebirth of London’s underground disco scene. Yet despite putting out 12”s at the astonishing frequency of one a fortnight since its inception last July, Dissident has retained an envious aura of mystique. All its releases are strictly vinyl only, in editions of 200, and there is no online presence – not even a blog or a Myspace page. Message boards have been rife with speculation about the characters behind Dissident and its oddly-named artists like Invincible Scum and Binary Chaffinch. However, when genial label boss Andy Blake emails you to invite you round to his New Cross flat for a cup of liquorice tea and a chinwag about Dissident disco, it’s clear this isn’t a man who’s gone to Burial-style lengths to keep his true identity under wraps.
